1. Unit 5
Canada –“The True North”

2. Quiz
Which is the national flag of Canada?
A B.
C. Q D.

3. A. B. rose cherry C. D. maple daffodil
2. Which is the national flower of Canada?
A B.
rose
cherry
C D.
maple
daffodil

4. 3. What language(s) do Canadians speak?
A. English
B. English and German
C. English and French
D. English and Spanish

5. Vancouver Toronto Calgary Ottawa 4. What is the capital of Canada?
A B.
Vancouver Toronto
C. Q D.
Calgary Ottawa

6. 5. What is the national animal of Canada?B.
Beaver Grizzly bear
C D.
Polar bear Penguin

7. 6. What is the leader of the country called?
President
Prime Minister
Queen

8. 7. How many “Great Lakes” are there in Canada and what are they?
Lake Superior
Lake Huron
Lake Erie
Lake Ontario
Lake Michigan
Lake
Superior
Lake
Huron
Lake
Michigan
Lake
Ontario
Lake
Erie

9. A Trip On “The True North”
What does “The True North”
refer to in the text?

10. Task 2: Draw the route of the two girls traveling across Canada.
Fast reading
Task 1:
What does “The True North”
refer to in the text?
“The True North” is the train that goes across Canada / the cross-Canada train.
Task 2: Draw the route of the two girls traveling across Canada. 10

11. Vancouver Rocky Mountains Toronto Thunder Bay Calgary Lake Superior
Rocky Mts.
Montreal
Vancouver
Calgary
L. Superior
Toronto 11

12. Vancouver

13. the Rocky Mountains

14. Calgary

15. A wheat-growing province

16. Thunder Bay

17. the beach of the Great Lakes

18. Careful reading Para. 1(Travel plan)
Which continent are the cousins crossing?
Why are the cousins not flying directly to the Atlantic coast?
They are crossing North America.
Because they want to take the train from west to east across Canada.
Because they want to see Canada.
Because they want to travel across Canada.

19. Para. 2 (Vancouver) Its population is increasing rapidly
warmest
1.Canada’s _____________ part.
2.Canada’s______________city,
surrounded by_______________
3.one of Canada’s ___________cities to live in.
4.Some of the ________________________
in the world.
most beautiful
mountains and the Pacific Ocean.
most popular
oldest and most beautiful forests
Its population is increasing rapidly

20. the Rocky Mountains Para 3 They managed to catch sight of _______
They crossed______________________
They managed to catch sight of _______
___________________________________
______________.
some mountain goats and even a grizzly
bear and an eagle

21. Para. 3 the next stop-- Calgary

22. Para. 3 (Calgary)
What is Calgary famous for?

23. cowboys The _________ have a gift for riding wild horses and
What happens at the Calgary Stampede?
The _________
have a gift for
riding wild
horses and
they can win
thousands of
dollars in ______.
cowboys
prizes

24. Thunder Bay ______________city.
Para. 4 (Thunder Bay)
Thunder Bay ______________city.
is a busy port
Canada has _______________the world’s total fresh water,
and much of it is in the Great Lakes.
one-third of

25. Retell the passage and fill in the blanks.
Li Daiyu and Liu Qian went on a trip to Canada from _____ to _____ . Their friend, Danny Lin, took them to the train station to catch “____ _____ ______” . Canada is the ________ biggest country in the world. It is 5,500 kilometers from ______ to _______. As they go ________, they saw beautiful scenery as well as cities. Vancouver is _____________ by mountains on the north and east. When the cousins ________ _______ in the seats, they looked out of the window. They saw mountain goats and even a _______ bear. Calgary is famous for its competition. Many of the cowboys from all over North America _____ ___ ___ ____ riding wild horses. Then they ________ _______ a wheat-growing province. Thunder Bay is a busy _____ city , which is at the top of the _______ ______. That night as they slept, the train rushed towards Toronto.
west
east
The
True North
second
coast
coast
eastward
surrounded
settled down
grizzly
have a gift for
went through
port
Great Lakes

26. Role play
Fill out the form.
Suppose you are a guid. Please give a brief talk on Canada. And answer questions from Chinese tourists.

27. warmth, most beautiful city, oldest forests…
5,500km
Distance from east to west coast _____________
Oceans on east and west coast ________________________
Atlantic Ocean (east), Pacific Ocean (west)
Population ___________________________
slightly over 30 million
Where most Canadians live ___________________________
within 320km of the USA border
Location of largest fresh water supply ___________________
The Great Lakes
Key point about Vancouver ____________________________
warmth, most beautiful city, oldest forests…
Key point about Calgary _______________________________
Calgary Stampede, …
Key point about Thunder Bay ___________________________
busy port city at the top of the Great Lakes, …

28. Assignment
Good-bye!
Write a to your e-pal telling him your experience in Canada.